•Nigerian Senate Three hundred billion naira of the N700 billion added to the 2025 budget is for procurement of drugs and vaccines, a report by the National Assembly’s joint committee on appropriations has revealed. The report, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent, said this and the requests to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, [&helli...
•Tinubu presents Appropriation Bill to National Assembly The Senate and House of Representatives have passed the N54.9 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill presented by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. At the House of Representatives, the bill was passed after a clause-by-clause consideration by the Committee of the Whole today, reports Daily Trust. I...
•Tinubu The Tinubu-led federal government has initiated moves to increase its 2025 budget to N54.2 trillion, up by 9.1 per cent from N49.7 trillion initially presented to the National Assembly on December 18, 2024. A letter from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the National Assembly requesting the increase was read at plenary yesterday by the [&...
•Tinubu presents the 2025 budget proposal to National Assembly President Bola Tinubu has raised the proposed 2025 budget from ₦49.7 trillion to ₦54.2 trillion, citing additional revenues generated by key government agencies. The president conveyed the budget adjustment in separate letters sent to both the Senate and the House of Representative...
Again, some lawmakers in the National Assembly have set up a bribery scheme targeting federal universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Lawmakers are using intimidation and threats to force the heads of universities to pay N8 million each to approve their allocations in the 2025 budgets, reports PREMIUM TIMES. This newspaper...
•Tinubu and National Assembly complex, Abuja A lawmaker in the 7th National Assembly, Senator Ita Enang, has said that with the “low” amounts allocated to critical sectors of the economy, President Bola Tinubu might not have any substantial projects to justify his reelection in the 2027 electioneering process. “I have read the budget and have ...
•Tinubu presents Appropriation Bill to National Assembly Indications emerged today that the 2025 Appropriation Bill will no longer be passed by the National Assembly at the end of January 2025. According to the Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi, the House leadership has approved the ext...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), have described as “absurd” the N8 billion allocated in the 2025 federal budget to sensitise Nigerians on the need to pay electricity bills. This was revealed in a statement signed by the President of the union, Comrade Joe Ajaero yesterday. [&hel...
•Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presents the 2025 Police budget in Abuja today A heated exchange erupted in the National Assembly today during the 2025 budget defence session as Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, presented the Nigeria Police budget. Tensions rose when two lawmakers raised concerns that the IGP’s pr...
The Senate through its Committee on Information and National Orientation, has rejected the N8.9 billion 2025 budget envelope earmarked for the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation. At its sitting yesterday, it described the sum as inadequate, reports Nigerian Tribune. The Senate Committee consequently summoned the Minister ...
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